She has complicated feelings about Weinstein because so many other women were assualted by him after she was and she blames herself for being part of the coverup

Stresses that her agency CAA knew about Weinstein for years and covered for him

"I stand as both a person who was subjected to it and a person who was then also part of the cloud cover, so that’s a super weird split to have"

Says she was first raped by an actor she doesn't name when she was 16 and he was 36

She and Harvey knew each other well and were friends the first time he tried to rape her. He first tried to flash her in a steam room and later tried to rape her in a hotel. He then threatened to ruin her career if she told anyone.

She told Quentin Tarantino what happened with Weinstein and he was initially dismissive of it, but during the Kill Bill promo tour he eventually understood how serious it was and he confronted Weinstein who gave her a half-hearted apology

Also says that Quentin forced her to do a stunt on the set of Kill Bill in a car that was dangerous. She ended up in the hospital after doing the stunt with severe pain and a concussion. She now has permanent neck damage because of the injury. She spent 15 years tracking down the footage to prove she had been right that the car was at fault and her friendship with Quentin ended because he refused to give it to her and sided with the studio.

Quentin also did some of the abusive stunts featured in the movie himself. In the scene where Gogo chokes the Bride with a chain it was actually Quentin doing the choking. In the scene where Uma was spat on it was Quentin who did the spitting.

Says it wasn't Harvey that "broke" her, but Quentin who turned on her after the car crash

"Personally, it has taken me 47 years to stop calling people who are mean to you ‘in love’ with you. It took a long time because I think that as little girls we are conditioned to believe that cruelty and love somehow have a connection and that is like the sort of era that we need to evolve out of."

Oh my :/ This is so awful. Again, these agencies have put their own clients in harms way. I don't buy this change when they've enabled Weinstein's behavior for so long. They're "changing" because they got caught. Bryan Lourd just LAST year was trying to help Weinstein stop Ronan Farrow from exposing him. I'm not buying anything coming out of CAA and WME. They have repeatedly put their clients in harms way. WME reinstated Adam Venit after he was accused of groping Terry Crews. Still represent Hoffman, Stallone, and Ratner.

this is what pisses me off with time s up, i am happy because something is being done but it is actually done partly by the enablers(agencies etc ) that are now trying to play nice pr without admitting guilt

Tarantino needs to be blacklisted. Anyone who works with that fucker also needs to go the fuck away. He knew everything. He abused women. He almost had a woman killed. I'm sick and tired of women who may or may not have known what Harvey was doing take the fall when this fucker knew for a fact that Harvey was raping women and did absolutely nothing about it. And that's not even taking into account that he's an abuser himself.

I've always known Tarantino is an asshole but this is another level. Like, he nearly killed her! And now she has a lifelong injury because of it + the emotional trauma from both of these monsters. I am so devastated for her. I've never seen Kill Bill but I've obviously seen portions of it and her iconic look. Now I'll never watch it. I'd feel disgusted.

Another thing I want to point out is the coercion and pressure that happened here between Tarantino and Thurman. So many people discounted the Aziz Ansari story and acted like coercion isn't a conversation we need to have - and this story falls on the same issue so many people wanted to discount. It's so similar to Eliza Dushku's story too about pressure and coercion. It doesn't have to be in some sort of sexual setting to see how coercion has completely destroyed lives.

/also I'm glad a lot of other people on twitter are saying Uma deserved better than Dowd. And maybe Uma went to her but idk Dowd is the last person to be writing this. It was also poorly written and the framing was off.

Kill bill vol 1 and 2 are among my fave films and just reading the recap above has turned my stomach. Had no idea that Quentin personally choked and spat on Uma as part of the films-so fucking disturbing. Dunno if I will be watching these films again soon...

I don't feel that it's totally right to just toss them both in the mental trash bin since she did a lot of work on those films, but definitely the scenes described are irreversibly tainted. idk if I can really go back to watch them either tbh. And it's sad, but it's nowhere near as sad as what Uma personally went through. I feel such a sense of loss for her, she's so strong.